Causes of Decline (jan 1, 1800 – jan 1, 1900)
Description:
-The intense external pressure that the Western imperial powers had applied to Chinese society.-Rapid growth in the population created a food shortage.
-The growing weakness of the Qing dynasty was ships, guns, and ideas or foreigners.
-Unfavorable trade balance with Britain and China was importing more than exporting.
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Date:
jan 1, 1800
jan 1, 1900
~ 100 years